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fossil

/ˈfɒs(ə)l/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈfɒs(ə)l/

fossil

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

fos - sil -> fossil

Myanmar meaning

(adj) ကျောက်ဖြစ်နေသော။ ကျောက်ဖြစ်ရုပ်ကွျှင်း။ (n) ကျောက်ဖြစ်ရုပ်ကြွင်း

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fossil / 'fɒsl / n

၁။ ကျောက်ဖြစ်ရုပ်ကြွင်း။ superbly preserved fossils over 2 million years old ❍ the fossil record.
၂။ (infml derog ) ခေတ်ဟောင်းတွင် နေရစ်သူ။ ခုနစ်ဆွေး ရှစ်ဆွေးကြီး။ She's a real old fossil.
❏ fossilize, -ise / 'fɒsǝlaÇz / v
၁။ ကျောက်ဖြစ် ရုပ်ကြွင်း ဖြစ်သွားသည်။ fossilized bones.
၂။ (ယဉ်ကျေးမှု၊ အတွေးအခေါ် စသည်) အသေ စွဲထား သည်။ He allowed his intellect and judgement to fossilze.
❏ fossilization, -isation / fɒsǝlaÇ'zeÇʃn; US -lǝ'z- / n [U] ကျောက်ဖြစ်ရုပ်ကြွင်းဖြစ်စဉ်။ the long process of fossilization.
❏ fossil fuel n [C, U] ရှေးရုပ်ကြွင်း လောင်စာ၊ လောင်စာဆီ။ What will happen when our fossil fuels run out?

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Fossils of shellfish

Synonyms

relic, remnant, vestige, along in years, anachronistic, ancient, back number, been around, broken down, creaky, dead and gone, deposit, dinosaur, disused, eolith, few miles on, geriatric, gray-haired, had it, has been, has-been, horse and buggy, impression, lot of mileage, neolith, not young, obsolete, old, old goat, old-hat, old-school, oldie, oldish, out of date, out of fashion, out-of-fashion, over the hill, paleolith, past one's prime, petrifaction, reconstruction, remains, skeleton, specimen, trace, worse for wear

Cross references

relic remnant vestige along in years anachronistic ancient back number been around broken down creaky dead and gone deposit dinosaur disused eolith few miles on geriatric gray-haired had it has been has-been horse and buggy impression lot of mileage neolith not young obsolete old

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